| occurrence of the lung fluke, paragonimus heterotremus in manipur, india. | to determine the natural crustacean host, the paragonimus species, and to investigate the potential host-parasite relationship between manipur paragonimus and some of the laboratory animals. | 2003 | 12901523 |
| experimental infection with paragonimus heterotremus metacercariae in laboratory animals in manipur, india. | this study was aimed to find out the host-parasite relationship between paragonimus heterotremus isolated as metacercariae from mountain crabs, indochinamon manipurensis, in manipur, india and laboratory animals such as puppies, albino rats, swiss mice, guinea pigs, and rabbits, as experimental animals. the animals were fed with the metacercariae. infected animals were sacrificed 35 to 430 days after feeding to recover worms, which were used to determine the developmental stages. adult worms (n ... | 2011 | 21323162 |
| first case of paragonimus westermani infection in a female patient in india. | paragonimiasis is a foodborne parasitic zoonosis caused by lung fluke species of the genus paragonimus. the paragonimus westermani is the most common human pathogen in asian countries. in northeast india, paragonimus heterotremus has been documented as the only human pathogen in the earlier literature. in india, p. westermani infection in humans remained undetermined. herein, we report a case of pulmonary paragonimiasis due to p. westermani in an adult female in manipur. the diagnosis was made b ... | 2015 | 25657140 |
| pleuropulmonary paragonimiasis: mimicker of tuberculosis. | infection caused by the lung fluke is endemic in north eastern parts of india. paragonimus westermani and paragonimus heterotremus are known to be endemic in eastern indian states of manipur and nagaland. the infection is related to eating habits of the locals and is acquired by ingestion of raw, inadequately cooked crabs or crayfish containing encysted metacercariae which act as second intermediate hosts during the life cycle of the lung fluke. diagnosis is generally delayed due to lack of susp ... | 2013 | 23432864 |